Save Gas, Save the Planet

Save Gas, Save the Planet

Be inspired by the strategies and real-life stories in this new book by John Addison.

• Help the country end its dependency on oil
• Stop the climate crisis
• Improve the quality of your life
• Save thousands each year in vehicle costs
• Make the right decision when you buy a car

Available in paperback and ebook at Amazon and other booksellers.

• Paperback $19.95
• eBook $9.95
  

“Electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and next generation fuels are all part of the clean tech revolution. John Addison delivers the fascinating details of today and tomorrow.”
Clint Wilder
Co-Author of The Clean Tech Revolution and Contributing Editor at Clean Edge

Millions are spending less on gasoline, helping our country become energy secure, and reducing emissions. Every day, more people are riding clean, riding less, and riding together.

Explore clean vehicles that are becoming available and affordable including electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen vehicles, and new cars with great mileage. See how the best employers promote flexible work and commute programs. Learn how families and friends are taking to less time in gridlock and more time enjoying life.

Develop new insights in the future of transportation, the auto industry, and into the great fuel race. Know your options for today and tomorrow. The solutions to saving money and saving the planet are now available.

“This is the best book that I have seen describing practical solutions for driving less and buying the right vehicle. John Addison offers accurate insights into the latest electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, biofuels, and flexible work strategies. As someone responsible for the air quality for 7.5 million people, I recommend this book.”
Jack Broadbent
Chief Executive Officer Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Learn about the future of clean transportation in John Addison’s new book - Save Gas, Save the Planet.

Contents

Prologue
1 Smiles per Gallon
2 The Promise of Electric Vehicles
3 Plug-in Drivers get Charged
4 Lighter than Air
5 Riding on Sunlight
6 The Temptation of Biofuels
7 Flexible Work and Flying Less
8 Cool Commutes
9 Yours, Mine and Ours
10 The Car-free Option
11 New Diet for Oil Addicts
12 Energy Security
13 Global Action
14 Living in a Sustainable City
15 What Choices Should You Make?

John Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report. He is a member of the Western Automotive Journalists and of the Society of Environmental Journalists. This book is based on three years of research and hundreds of interviews. Mr. Addison is a popular speaker, conducting over 1,000 workshops in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Include John Addison in your next conference and in your transportation and new product strategies.

“Read this book if you care about the future of our children. John Addison details the transportation solutions that will bring clear skies and reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions. It is fascinating to read about everything from smiles per gallon to electric vehicles, from people oriented development to high speed rail, and from driving less to enjoying life more.”
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma,
California State Assembly Majority Whip

Prologue

Confronted with high gasoline prices and with global warming, there is a growing movement to ride clean, ride together, and ride less. Millions are improving the quality of their life and feeling better about being true to their values. Save Gas, Save the Planet brings us the stories of people reducing greenhouse gas emissions and being rewarded with better lives.

Americans drove 100 billion less miles during 2008 as they first adjusted to record summer gas prices, then a severe recession, then the discovery of better ways to travel.

Because of soaring oil prices, vehicle costs, maintenance, insurance, and parking, the American Automobile Association calculates that U.S. driver now spends $8,000 per year on each vehicle. Save Gas, Save the Planet gives readers practical strategies for making incremental changes to ride clean, ride together, and ride less.

Myths are shattered with facts. There is a myth that solutions are twenty years in the future. The fact is that every day people drive high-mileage cars, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, turbo diesels, biofuel and hydrogen vehicles. There is a growing abundance of new vehicle offerings.

Different people have divergent requirements that are best addressed with a variety of vehicles in combination with lifestyle improvements, flexible work, employer commute programs, sharing vehicles, driving less, and walking more.

Learn about the new trends of riding clean, riding together, and riding less in John Addison’s new book - Save Gas, Save the Planet